Building board bundle



v Jan. 27,, 1942.

T. T. YOUNGFELT ET AL BUILDING BOARD BUNDLE Filed Dec. 51, 19.38

INVENTORS THEODORE 71' YOU/VGFEZT OTTO A HAE'GELE Patented Jan. 27,1942' Theodore 'r. 'Youngfelt, Hinsdale,

Haegele, Chicago, Ill States Gypsum Company, Chicago,

poration of Illinois Applibation December 3 and Otto P. assignots toUnited 111., a co:-

1, 1938, Serial No. 248,79li

3 Claims. (01. 206-60) This invention relates to bundling methods anddevices for building boards and especially for plaster boards adapted toreceive a coating of plaster after erection.

For shipping plaster boards, it has been customary to form the boardsinto bundles with edge strips of paper holding the boards together inbundle form, as shown in Birdsey Patent No. 1,696,877. These edge stripsof paper are adhesively united to the exposed faces of the outer boardsof the bundle and are somewhat difiicult to separate on the job.Furthermore the paper strips are ratherexpensive to use.

An object of the invention therefore, is to provide a bundling devicefor building boards which will below in cost.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bundling method anddevice which will permit the boards be easily disassembled and leave noobjectionable marks on the faces of the outer boards; also to improvebundling methods and devices in other respects hereinafter specifiedandclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of thisspecification, in which 1 is a perspective view of our improved -bundlFig. 2 is a perspective fragmentary view of a bundling device. Y

Fig. 3 is an aid elevation of a bundle, and

Fig. 4 is an elevation of a modified form of bimdlin device.

Plaster boards III are generally preparedwith a gypsum plaster core IIand paper cover sheets l2. Several of .these boards l0, such as six innumber, are-arranged in face abutting relation with their edges inalignment to form a bundle.

A transverse cut I3 is then made in each side of the bundle either theend or edge, said out being made with a saw not shown or otherconvenient tool. A metallic bundling strip, I4 is then inserted into thesaw cut l3. The ends of strip H are split to provide two transverseflanges I5 'at one end which may be preformed, and two transverseflanges It at the other end which may arranged lna stack. In themodified form of construction showninFig. 4, weuse awire tie l8 'as' abundling device, this wire having a loop be formed at thetime' thebundle is assembled.

The bundle-of boards llis preferably held under compression at the timeof bundling so that when the compressive force is released the flangesl5 and I6 sink into the exposed'faces of the outer boards of the bundleso as not to mar the face of an adjoining bundle when several bundlesare I9 at each end which is bent down into the plane of the boards atthe time of bundling.

We would state in conclusion that, while the examples illustratedconstitute practical embodiments of our invention, we do not wish tolimit ourselves precisely to these details, since manifestly the samemay be considerably varied without departing from the spirit of theinvention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, we claim, as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent:

1. In a building board bundle, a plurality of rigid similar buildingboards in stacked face-toface relation and ends and edges in substantialalignment, said boards having registering transverse slots extendinginwardly from opposed sides, and a rigid tie engaging in the slots ateach side of said board bundle to firmly maintain said boards in bundleform, said tie member having transverse end flanges engaging andcountersunk in the outer surface of the outer boards to hold the boardstogether in bundle form, the outer surfaces of said flanges being in theplane of the outer surface of the respective outer boards.

2. In a'bulldingboard bundle, a plurality of rigid similar buildingboards in stacked face-toface relation and edges and ends in substantialalignment, said boards having registering transverse slots extendinginwardly from opposed sides, strips of wire engaging in the slots. andloops on the ends ofsaid strips bent into the plane of and counterslmkin the outer faces of the outer boards of said bundle to'maintain saidboards in bundle form, the outer surfaces of said loops being in theplane of the outer surface of I the respective outer boards.

said boards having a registering transverse slot,

in opposed sides, strips of metal enga g in the slots, the ends of saidstrips being split and transversely bent to form opposed flanges bitinginto the face of the bundle to form tying means for maintaining saidboards in bundle form, no part of said tying means extending beyond thefaces of said bundle.

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